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IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
debate Resumed on the Irish Crimes Act
Last Night.

Debate Resumed on the Irish Crimes Act
Last Night.
LONDON, May 2-In the House OF Com
mons tonight Mr.. Healy moved that the
first clause of the crimes bill be so amend
ed as to indicate clearly to what portions of
Ireland the bill would be applicable. He
suggested that the " ords proclaimed dis
tricts'' be omitted, and that Kerry, Lon
donderry and Belfast" be inserted in their
stead.
Mr. BaIfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
declined TO accede to this proposal. He
said the Government intended to apply
the clause to all parts of Ireland where the
prevalence of crime justified such action.
Mr.. Heeley asked if blood-stained Bel
fast, where troops had been shot and
policemen murdered, was to go free, while
the miserable, reni-ridden.d districts in the
southwest were to be punished.
Mr.. Balfour replied that the Govern
ment would exercise the strictest impair
tiality in suppressing disorder everywhere.
Mr.. Laboucbere said the scope aud aim
of the bill was 70 crush out the National
lists, leaving the Orangemen to do any
thing they liked. The administration Of
the law was so bound up with the Orange
faction that ii could not be impartial.
Mr.. Gladstone suggested that the words
proclaimed districts" remain, but that
the districts be defined under the other
clauses of the bill. The answer OF Mr.. Bal
four that all districts would be treated i'm
partially was not sufficient, because
the Minister had often referred to the par
ticular parts of Ireland where the bill was
meant to operate No doubt, the people of
Belfast regarded with disgust and horror
the prevalence of disorder in their midst,
put the same apology was equally good for
other districts. Hear, hear.nl The con-
duct of some persons in Belfast recently
stained the name of Ireland more than the
conduct of the people of any other part of
Ireland had. LCheeTs
Lord Randolph Churchill said that the
suggestion Mr.. Gladstone had made might
have been valuable, but its value had
been destroyed by the raising Of points
which we're calculated to lead TO contTo-
versy. Mr.. Gladstone had made himself a
party to the insinuations that the Govern
ment intended to apply the clause only
to certain parts of Ireland and leave Bel
fast out. There had been disorder IN Bel
arrested. There was no analogy be-
tween the riots in Belfast and
the "Moonlighting" in Kerry, for which
not single person had been made amen
able to justice. No one would venture Il
assert that the lurles in the North of Ire
land had failed to do their duty, as was
often the case with juries in the South oi
lIcidUQ. 10 OubTdSeS Ol
the South of Ireland, as Mr.. Gladstone did
on the same level as the disturbance in Bel
fast was to condone and apologize for these
outrages. [Cheers.l
Mr.. Healy replied that over 800 persons
were maimed for life, and some killed, In
the Belfast riots, snd that only few Of the
rioters had been punished. He said the
statement was untrue that there had beer
no convictions in Kerry. There had been
over twenty,
Mr.. Holmes said that not single Moon
lighter" had ever been convicted. 1t wal
only by change of venue that any convic
tiOns could be obtained.
Mr.. Healy postponed his motion in def
erence to Mr.. Gladstone's suggestion.
An amendment proposed by Mr.. Healy
that inqEiry be held only when the eVi
dence had been withheld on account of in
timidation, was rejected-206 to 110-aftel
discussion that lasted two hours and {
half.
Mr.. HeaIy then moved that the High
Court, not the Attorney General, be em
powered to order an inquiry.
Mr.. Gibson, Solicitor General for Ireland
replied that the Government was unable Il
accept the amendment.
Mr.. Gladstone, rising to reply to state
ment by MIR. Elliott that ne Gladstone
was responsible for the equally strong sys
tenn Of i've years ago, said that Mr.. Elliott
overlooked an essential difference, namely
that his bill had been directed agains
crime, while the bill under discussion wa
not. [Cries: "0hl Oh!"1 At least, b,
added, the present bill was directed agains
acts not hitherto considered crimes. Any
way he would not review his former pro
pasals, because he was convinced they az
gfavated the evil.
Mr.. Haldane, Home Rule Liberal, pro
posed TO substitute "Judge" for "Higt
Court"
Mr.. Healy assented.
w. II. Smith. First Lord of the Treasury
amid cries of shame moved to entorci
censure.
The motion was carried, 257 to 135.
Mr.. Healy's amendment was rejected
pol to 142.
Mr.. Nolan moved to report progress OF
the bill.
W. II. Smith said the Government wa
unable 70 agree to this, because only MIN
of the 40 amendments 10 the first claus
were disposed of.
Later, however, progress was reported.